Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-25
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out and have psintsd his magninosut address
this month, dusing the exeeclsoa 0i our col.
lsgo commencement IL We one Of the
very bsat things oe thaa week. oe eood thinga
NJ. Hensel fairly ousdid himssli - IN ORE
Tor. Hut ~ value lay nos mainly In The
brilliant ovsspowsring sloqusnoa Of IL de-
Livery. Nor yst IN the olsssio nnish Of its
literary style, though we'll worth preserving
fce that alooA ~ groaaese worth lay In the
pure and lofty visws u % fneclbly odvsuced
- 10 the true end Of eduoati0u, aad In the
broad and desp Fundamental sthicai psincl.
plea, u may % call them, which u %
clearly and boldly brought ous and on which
II proceeded. Thas u Why think the col.
lege authorities ought 70 publish the address
In some permansnt form. Il contained juss
what our community most needs 70 under.
stand and rsalixa And not our community
alone ; but our whole country, In these days
when Q short sishtsd utilitarianism h max.
Ing such desperate Efforts 10 overthrow ail
true education Of men and women - such,
and 70 put in Ito plsos . more training Of
money -setters 70 degrade our academic 10.
stitutions Into mere polytechnIc schools, our
colleges into industrial olssseA BY all
means lot the address b published.
Speaking OF the commencement gives me
opportunity 70 congratulate the collsge o .
IL wisdom and Justice In having conferred
the degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy on Prof
McCaakey. Mono ever merited and was
worthy Of the degree more thsn this " born
educator. Z" None has . more far.resching
and altogether wholesome and bensncent In.
husnce on the future of our community than
hA He is On agent potent for good, for
strength and purity, in the development OF
tho character OF this city and county, through
the succeeding generations Of boys upon
whom hs impressss his manly personality
ere they graduate from the high school.
While fow In Lancaster will bo disposed 10
deny or oven question this, there IL phase
Of Dr.. McCAsksy's work which, some
times think, 10 not - fully appreciated and
generally recognized - II ought TO be. 1
refer 70 the deep influence be exerts through
his compilation OF the bsst home and school
souga Few people. perhaps realize whst .
mighty factor In the development Of char.
music our young folks learn, particularly the
songs they sing Dr. McCaskey does realize II (;
and by bis widely popular FraSkffn Sqmdre
Song Collections, he uses this factor IN .
manner singulsrly wise and efiecsive. He
gives the growing generation its songs, and
cares not, or need not care much, who makes
10 laws!
have before me now the latest OF these
collections Of songA 1t IL IN octave volume
OF ls4 pages. published BY Harper Il
Hrotherr, New York, and from the place OF
its publication uamed The Franklin Square
Song Collection, No. : 1t is added on the
title page that the collection II " Devoted 10
School and Home EnjOyment." Equally
school and Home Edincaiion, Parihcation
and Refinement For that assusedly must
10 the effect Of book OF songs such - this
Ia
This latest collection has been preceded BY
three similar ones in the past and II ia safe
10 ssy that In this series each volume OF
which contains about two hundred songs and
hymns, of course with oil the music In full,
every popular iavorite that 10 wholesome can
| 10 found no matter how old or how new 1t may
be Indeed one great merit OF these books 10
| that they preserve for US nearly oil the g,,od
songs OF oygone days, many Of which II 10
difficult now adsys TO 6nd any whore else. In
/ Number : alone arc TO be found more than
thirty sterling hymns like "Awske, my
Soul, &c :, i" How Firm Foundation, &c"
Rise my Soul, a." Nearer my God. a. T"
over forty school songs and songs for the
little oIes, among them number OF the Dc.
liehtiul old nursery iingles still echoing In
our hearts - We heard them In our cradles
from mothers loving lips more than hity
ballads and songs OF sentiment; and large
collection OF songs for special causes an0 Oc
cssions, patriotic, temperance, CnristmaA
Arbor Day, &a In short, he must be hard
indeed TO suit who cannot find what he
wants on almost any subject, unless indeed
he wants something vulgar, impure. un-
wholesome, or without musical merit TOR oil
such are rigidIy and conscientiously ex.
cluded.
An admirable feature, toe, of DR.. McCsskey's
books are the skillfuliy selected notes and
paragraphs scattered throughout the volume,
and altogether bringing before us . large
number OF real gems OF musical criticism,
history. anecdote, sentiment and instruction,
culled from the whole field OF ancient and
sides ali which, there are eight pages. thor.
oughly condensed and clearly arranged, on
the Elements OF Music =" The whole
volume, 70 rich In just those things most
needed and most enjoyed In our schools and
No wonder 1t 10 fAat becoming the most
popular book Of the kind In the state aud
country. II II strong factor In the musical
education Of our people.
j nave OIt0u WWn0O JOet IN my yOut0
had enjoyed . more thorough musical edu-
cation and training; but never have felt
more deeply how serious and almost I'M.
pardonable this defect In ones culture 10
Than sinoe l have read the strong esaay on
" Music - Revelation by Dr.. T. T.
Munger, originally read at the summer SEES
sion OF the American Institute OF Christian
Philosophy, and now published by Hough.
ton, Miffiin Il Co, ~ the lest discourse in
DR.. MunRer's just issued volume OF sermons
and lectures entitled The Appeal to LiJe
| After reading the essay one almost feels
guilty for not knowing more OF music - II
| Ignorance Of this art were we'll nigh 0eiect
/ In one's character
Let me just quote . few specimen Pcs.
/ saGes on the subject:
"Che highest forms under which We can
i now think are art fOrms-the proportion Oi
| statusIy and architecture, the color Of paint
| ing, and music The former are limi4 Il aud
| address mere sci 80 Of beauty, but music
addresses the heart and has its vocation
amongst the feelings and covers their whole
l rspae. Hence music has been chosen Y
hold and expiess our conception Of mora
periection. Nor 10 1t IN arbitrary choice, bu
10 made tor the reasons that music 10 the ut
terauce OF the heart, and 10 On expression o
morality, and II In an inhnite language
| While ita laws are - exact and tine q
those Of form aud color aud even mole re
oondite, any breaking OF them begets deepe
II Al